Miniature Locomotive 1928

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No title. C/U of a steam locomotive. The camera irises out to reveal a man standing beside the train which is half his size - it is a miniature model locomotive.

M/S - Woman smoking a cigarette pushes a small barrow which seems to have a mail bag on it. She approaches what is presumably a...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
14861
Sort Number:
Unknown
Time in/Out:
01:44:51:00 / 01:46:20:00
Canister:
EP 080
Film ID:
866.24
Issue Date:

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